The Waxing Days of Winter

by Lincoln Barr

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The first of many songs to be released from a joyous, productive session in August 2021, featuring a beautiful string quartet arrangement by Daniel Walker (executed gracefully by Andrew Joslyn & Eli Weinberger). I humbly offer this souvenir from the strangest holiday season in modern memory, broadcast with love and sorrow from my isolation chamber to yours.

Happy holidays,

LB

lyrics

Peppermint schnapps is well-regarded
For warming a body to the bone
Whether toasting to times departed
Or drinking alone

Efficacy may be disputed
Nonetheless resolute and true
It’s a spirit uniquely suited
For crying into

Don’t ever be ashamed to take the medicine you need
No one can compel you to explain
The waxing days of winter have a way of manifesting
A mountain of pain

Various seasonal confections
Often anxiety assuage
When delusions of life’s protection
Diminish with age

Don’t ever be ashamed to take the medicine you need
No one can compel you to explain
The waxing days of winter have a way of manifesting
A mountain of pain
But everything wanes

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released December 17, 2021
The cast:

Lincoln Barr: vocals, acoustic guitar
John Convertino: drums, vibraphone
Andrew Joslyn: violin, viola
Keith Lowe: upright bass
Daniel Walker: Wurlitzer electric piano, string arrangement
Eli Weinberger: cello

© & ℗ 2021 Lincoln Barr/Swallow Swords Music (ASCAP). All rights reserved.

Produced, engineered, and mixed by Johnny Sangster (sangstermania.com)
Assistant engineer: Jon Roberts

Recorded August 2021 at Crackle & Pop!, Seattle, WA
Mixed at Crackle & Pop!
Mastered by Rachel Field at Resonant Mastering, Seattle, WA

Design by Shawn Wolfe (shawnwolfe.com)

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wounded crooner, song-maker // FORFEIT THE PRIZE out now

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